Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
preserve by chilling;
- Example: "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil"2.
cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator;
- Example: "refrigerate this medicine"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Refrigerate \Re*frig"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Refrigerated (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Refrigerating.] [L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare;
pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris,
coolness. See Frigid.]
To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
refrigerate
v 1: preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or
else they will spoil"
2: cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate
this medicine"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "refrigerate":
air-condition, air-cool, anhydrate, benumb, bite, blast-freeze,
brine, chill, cool, corn, cure, cut, dehydrate, desiccate, dry,
dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, freeze, freeze-dry, freshen,
frost, frostbite, fume, go through, ice, ice-cool, infrigidate,
irradiate, jerk, kipper, marinade, marinate, mummify, nip, numb,
penetrate, pickle, pierce, preservatize, quick-freeze, refresh,
salt, season, smoke, smoke-cure, stuff, ventilate